Gender differences in the dictator experiment: evidence from the matrilineal Mosuo and the patriarchal Yi

Binglin Gong (), Huibin Yan () and Chun-Lei Yang ()

Experimental Economics, 2015, vol. 18, issue 2, 302-313

Abstract: In this study, we report experimental results on the dictator decision collected in two neighboring ethnic minority groups, the matrilineal Mosuo and the patriarchal Yi, in southwestern China. We follow the double-blind protocol as in Eckel and Grossman (in Handbook of experimental economics results, 1998 ), who find that women in the U.S. donate more than men. We find this pattern reversed in the Mosuo society and find no gender difference in the Yi society. This is highly suggestive that societal factors play an important role in shaping the gender differences in pro-social behavior such as dictator giving. Copyright Economic Science Association 2015

Keywords: Gender difference; Ethnic difference; Dictator game; Matrilineal society; Field experiment; C93; D03; Z1; J15; J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s10683-014-9403-2

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